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malannum

malannum, ~us [ML ? cf.CL malandria ?  < μελάνδρυον] , pustule, malignant boil, anthrax, carbuncle. 796 quidam itaque ~us morbi per dulcia quidam per amara sanantur pocula Alcuin Ep. 79; aderat quidam miles, cujus oculum dextrum carbunculus, quod malum Franci per antiphrasim bonum ~um vocant, ‥ possederat Gosc. Transl. Aug. 22D; infirmitate ‥ gravissima laborando exestuabat, quia bonum malagnum supra femina juxta inguinis ilia sustinebat R. Cold. Cuthb. 101; panno ‥ super ulcus boni malagni adibito Ib.; bonum malanum, i. antrax SB 13.

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